Telling the Story of Cities
As we come to the end of this fall semester, and we get ready for the end-of-the-year holidays and winter break, the Wagner Planner team turned to their fall semester professors and asked what were their favorite books of 2019. Here are their picks and recommendations. Enjoy! Sarah Gerecke, Urban Planning Professor of Land Use,… Read more What Our Faculty Has Been Reading: Winter 2019 Holiday Edition
By: Joshua Crespo, MUP, ’21 New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio’s comprehensive strategy to address street homelessness — called the Homeless Outreach & Mobile Engagement Street Action Teams (HOME-STAT) — is advertised as “the most comprehensive street homeless outreach effort in any U.S. city.” Nearly 400 HOME-STAT canvassers engage with homeless individuals across the… Read more The Urgency of Now: Addressing Homelessness in NYC
By Lauren Roland, MUP ’21 In September 2018, the average bus ride between third and ninth avenues was 15 minutes. After NYC Department of Transportation rolled out the 14th street busway, the average bus ride is now 10 minutes between those avenues. Ridership has increased from 26,000 daily riders in September 2018 to 31,000 daily… Read more Dreaming of a Car-free City
Each Friday, the Wagner Planner editorial board will publish a news roundup of recent planning news. Topics range the gamut of urban planning concentrations, but will mostly be at the discretion of the editors. Brendan’s Picks Sorry, But E-Scooters Are Still Not Scary “…you’re a lot more likely to be on dedicated bike infrastructure while… Read more What We’re Reading (11/22)
By Lisa Nyamadzawo, MUP ’21 While the rest of the world is celebrating massive progress towards alleviating poverty, Sub-Saharan Africa remains at the bottom of the list, with some parts experiencing ever-increasing rates of poverty. According to the Piecing together the Poverty Puzzle Overview of 2018 by the World Bank in 2015 approximately one-tenth of… Read more Weak Institutions: The Curse of the Developing World